HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Not only did Joey Parker lose in the runoff for the Madison County Commission District 3 Republican primary, he lost his request for a recount.

A recount of Eddie Sisk's narrow win over Parker had been set for Wednesday, but the campaign committee of the Madison County Republican Party voted 4-3 Tuesday not to allow it, said county GOP chair John Noel.

So Sisk, a retired Huntsville businessman, became the Republican nominee to face Democrat Jeff Cooper in the Nov. 6 general election to replace retiring incumbent Jerry Craig.

After losing by 0.86 percent of the vote (or by 32 votes) in the April 23 runoff, Parker - a teacher and the boys basketball coach at New Hope High School - immediately sought and received permission from Noel for a recount. Parker paid $750 for the recount last week and has been told he won't get that money back, either.

"I'm extremely disappointed and upset that they will not see to have a recount," Parker said. "I feel like if any of them were in my shoes, they would have done the same thing. But there's nothing we can do about it."

With no recourse, Parker gave Sisk a congratulatory phone call Wednesday morning and conceded.

Noel said he favored having the recount, though he said last week he didn't expect it to overturn the initial outcome.

Noel said opponents of the recount said there was no proof offered that there was an issue with the initial results and that it would set a bad precedent to have the recount. Had Sisk's margin been less than .5 percent, a recount would have been automatic, Noel said.

As for the $750 Parker paid for the recount, Noel said it went to a business in Birmingham that prepared the ballots for recount. Those services were rendered, Noel said, so the money is gone.

Asked if the county GOP would be obligated to repay Parker, Noel said, "I'm working on it."

It's been an eventful election cycle so far for the local Republican Party. The executive committee voted to block longtime Democrat Tom Butler from the ballot for the District 2 seat on the County Commission after Butler changed parties in October 2011. Butler eventually lost an appeal to the state Republican Party.

Eddie Sisk. (The Huntsville Times/Robin Conn)

The local executive committee also voted to stop Jeff Cooper, Sisk's opponent in the general election, from running as a Republican.

Now the local GOP has stopped a recount hours before it was to have taken place.

"My lawyers say there is no fighting the party's decision not to have a recount," Parker said.

For Sisk, a political newcomer, his first campaign has been memorable.

"I'm going to sit back a little bit and enjoy it," Sisk said. "But it won't be a lot. I'm going to keep up. I'm still going to be going to events and seeing people, gear back up for November and go hard."